Niblo’s Garden: Zimmerman Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jun 1870, Evening

Program Details

To benefit J. A. Zimmerman, treasurer.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Text Author: Selby
Participants:  Edwin Adams [actor] (role: Phideas);  Caroline Carson (role: Marco)
3)
Composer(s): Shield
Participants:  Henri Drayton
4)
aka Katty O'Sheal; Katy O'Shea; Kary O'Shiel
Participants:  Annie [actress] Ward

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 June 1870, 9.

Full cast list.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 June 1870, 7.

Lists performers.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 June 1870, 5.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 24 June 1870, 7.

“…Mr. Henri Drayton sang the dramatic scena, ‘The Wolf,’ and was encored.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 26 June 1870, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 July 1870, 102.

Little mention of music. Notes Drayton was encored after “The Wolf.”